아래아 Some of these old ancient korean 자모 don't seem to exist these days. I am just wondering if they are supposed to have any official pronounciation still? How many of these have actually gone into

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아래아 Some of these old ancient korean 자모 don't seem to exist these days. I am just wondering if they are supposed to have any official pronounciation still? How many of these have actually gone into extinction, and why?

Aug 14, 2014 7:20 PM

Answers · 3

As you know, all languages change continuously, and do so in many and varied ways. 아래아 have disappeared because most Korean people could not distinguish this sound from ㅓ or ㅏ sound any more. 아래아 still remains in Jeju dialect (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeju_language) For more information, refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_alphabet#Obsolete_letters

August 15, 2014

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